2024 European Rally Championship

The 2024 European Rally Championship is the 72nd season of the FIA European Rally Championship, the European continental championship series in rallying. The season is also the eleventh following the merge between the European Rally Championship and the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. Hayden Paddon is the defending drivers champion.

Competitions edit

  • FIA ERC: Main open championship for all current FIA-homologated cars within sporting classes RC2 to RC5, with Rally2 cars the leading contenders.
  • FIA ERC3: Second tier, specifically for the Rally3 class.[1]
  • FIA ERC4: Third ERC tier, the first for front-wheel-drive cars. Allows Rally4 and Rally5 cars.
  • FIA ERC Junior: For drivers aged 27 and under on 1 January 2024 in Rally4 and Rally5 cars. This championship will be contested over six of the eight rounds.[2]
  • FIA European Rally Championship for Teams: each team can nominate a maximum of three cars (from all categories), counting the two highest-placed cars from each team.[1]
  • FIA European Rally Championship for Tyre suppliers: a nominated tyre supplier may score points with the two best placed Rally2 cars registered in ERC.[2]
  • Fiesta Rally3 Trophy: for Ford Fiesta Rally3 cars. This championship will be contested over five of the eight rounds. The winner of this trophy will get a funded 2024 Central European Rally entry.[3]

Calendar edit

The 2024 season is contested over eight rounds across Central, Northern and Southern Europe.

Round Start date Finish date Rally Rally headquarters Surface Stages Distance Ref.
1 12 April 14 April   Rally Hungary Veszprém, Veszprém County Gravel 13 192.43 km [4]
2 2 May 4 May   Rally Islas Canarias Las Palmas, Canary Islands Tarmac 13 190.06 km [5]
3 13 June 15 June   Royal Rally of Scandinavia Karlstad, Värmland Gravel 17 190.99 km [6]
4 5 July 7 July   Rally Estonia Tartu, Tartu County Gravel TBA TBA
5 26 July 28 July   Rally di Roma Capitale Fiuggi, Lazio Tarmac TBA TBA
6 16 August 18 August   Barum Czech Rally Zlín Zlín, Zlín Region Tarmac TBA TBA
7 30 August 1 September   Rali Ceredigion Aberystwyth, Wales Tarmac TBA TBA
8 6 October 8 October   Rally Silesia Katowice, Silesia Tarmac TBA TBA
Sources:[7]

Calendar changes edit

Entry list edit

ERC edit

Rally2, R5 and RGT entries
Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds
  ACCR Orsák Rally Sport Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Erik Cais   Igor Bacigál M 1–2
  ACCR Toyota Dolák Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Filip Mareš   Radovan Bucha H 1–2
  Auto-Laca Competición Citroën C3 Rally2   Luis Monzón   José Carlos Déniz P 2
  BRC Racing Team Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Hayden Paddon   John Kennard P 1–2
  C.D. Copi Sport Ford Fiesta Rally2   Enrique Cruz   Yeray Mújica P 2
  C.D. Todo Sport Citroën C3 Rally2   Yeray Lemes   Rogelio Peñate M 2
Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Alexey Lukyanuk   Yuriy Kulikov P 2
Citroën C3 Rally2   Miguel Suárez   Eduardo González P 2
  Citroën Rally Team Citroën C3 Rally2   Diego Ruiloba   Ángel Vela P 2
  Dunakanyar Autós SE Citroën C3 Rally2   Róbert Bútor   Róbert Tagai M 1
  Eldorado x Humbility Sports Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   Vladas Jurkevičius   Aisvydas Paliukėnas P 1
  Eurosol Racing Team Hungary Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Simon Wagner   Gerald Winter M 1–2
  Extrém Sport Team Kft. Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   József Trencsényi   Gábor Verba P 1
  HRT Racing Kft. Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   Miklós Csomós   Attila Nagy P 1–2
  Hyundai Motor España Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Óscar Palomo   Sergio Fernández P 2
  Hyundai Motor España -AresRacing- Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Iván Ares   Javier Martínez P 2
  Kole Média Center Kft. Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Gábor Német   Gergely Németh P 1
  Klaus Motorsport Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   Kristóf Klausz   Tamás Papp P 1
  Pécsi Sport Nonprofit Zrt. Škoda Fabia R5   Péter Ranga   János Czakó P 1
  Recalvi Team Alpine A110 Rally RGT   Javier Pardo   David de la Puente M 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   José Antonio Suárez   Alberto Iglesias M 2
  SZA Performance Kft. Ford Fiesta Rally2   László Bodolai   Attila Deák P 1
Ford Fiesta Rally2   András Hadik   István Juhász P 1
  Team MRF Tyres Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Efrén Llarena   Sara Fernández MR 1–2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Andrea Mabellini   Virginia Lenzi MR 1–2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Mārtiņš Sesks   Renārs Francis MR 1–2
  Topp-Cars Rally Team Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Martin László   Viktor Bán P 1–2
  Toyota España Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Alejandro Cachón   Borja Rozada P 2
  Treff-Autóház Kft. Škoda Fabia R5   Sándor Ollé   Rebeka Ollé P 1
  TRT Rally Team Citroën C3 Rally2   Mads Østberg   Patrik Barth M 1–2
  Turán Motorsport SE Volkswagen Polo GTI R5   Frigyes Turán   Gábor Zsiros H 1
Private entries Hyundai i20 N Rally2   Philip Allen   Dale Furniss P 1–2
Ford Fiesta Rally2   Jon Armstrong   Eoin Treacy P 1–2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Roberto Blach   Mauro Barreiro P 2
Citroën C3 Rally2   Yoann Bonato   Benjamin Boulloud M 2
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   Giacomo Costenaro   Justin Bardini MR 1–2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Bogdan Cuzma   Ditte Kammersgaard M 1
Škoda Fabia Rally2 evo   Mathieu Franceschi   Andy Malfoy M 1–2
Toyota GR Yaris Rally2   Mikko Heikkilä   Kristian Temonen M 1
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Raúl Hernández   José Murado P 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Mikołaj Marczyk   Szymon Gospodarczyk M 1–2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Hermann Neubauer   Bernhard Ettel P 2
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Simone Tempestini   Sergiu Itu P 1
Škoda Fabia RS Rally2   Albert von Thurn und Taxis   Frank Christian P 2
Sources:[8][9]

ERC3 edit

Rally3 entries
Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds Trophy
  Atölye Kazaz Ford Fiesta Rally3   Kerem Kazaz   Andris Mālnieks P 1 FRally3T
  Hugo Magalhães MR 2
  Grupa PGS RT Ford Fiesta Rally3   Igor Widłak   Michał Marczewski P 1 FRally3T
  Daniel Dymurski 2
Private entries Ford Fiesta Rally3   Filip Kohn   Tom Woodburn P 1 FRally3T
Ford Fiesta Rally3   Martin Ravenščak   Dora Ravenščak P 1 FRally3T
Sources:[8][9]

ERC4 edit

Rally4 and R3 entries
Entrant Car Driver Co-Driver Tyres Rounds Category
  ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team Opel Corsa Rally4   Calle Carlberg   Jørgen Eriksen H 1–2 ERC4J
Opel Corsa Rally4   Timo Schulz   Michael Wenzel H 1–2 ERC4J
  ALM Motorsport Peugeot 208 Rally4   Karl-Markus Sei   Martin Leotoots H 1–2 ERC4J
  HRT Racing Kft. Peugeot 208 Rally4   Márton Bertalan   Róbert Paizs P 1
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Patrik Herczig   Kristóf Varga H 1–2 ERC4J
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Aleksandar Tomov   Yavor Brankov H 1–2 ERC4J
  IK Sport Racing Opel Corsa Rally4   Mille Johansson   Johan Grönvall H 1–2 ERC4J
  M-Sport Poland Ford Fiesta Rally4   Jaspar Vaher   Sander Pruul H 1 ERC4J
  Motorsport Ireland Rally Academy Peugeot 208 Rally4   Jack Brennan   John McGrath H 1–2 ERC4J
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Aoife Raftery   Hannah McKillop H 1–2 ERC4J
  TRT Rally Team Peugeot 208 Rally4   Max McRae   Cameron Fair H 1–2 ERC4J
Private entries Peugeot 208 Rally4   Alfred Kramer   Jeannette Kvick H 1 ERC4J
Ford Fiesta Rally4   Leevi Lassila   Antti Linnaketo H 1 ERC4J
Opel Corsa Rally4   Liam Müller   Alexander Hirsch H 1–2 ERC4J
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Geronimo Nerobutto   Alessio Angeli H 1–2 ERC4J
Opel Corsa Rally4   Cristiana Oprea   Denisa-Alexia Parteni P 1–2
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Davide Pesavento   Matteo Zaramella H 1–2 ERC4J
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Daniel Polášek   Zdeněk Omelka H 1–2 ERC4J
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Ekaterina Stratieva   Georgi Avramov MR 2
Ford Fiesta Rally4   Tuomas Välilä   Päivi Välilä P 1
Peugeot 208 Rally4   Mattia Zanin   Elia De Guio H 1–2 ERC4J
Sources:[8][9]

Results edit

Season summary edit

Round Event Winning driver Winning co-driver Winning entrant Winning time Report Ref.
1   Rally Hungary   Simone Tempestini   Sergiu Itu   Simone Tempestini 1:52:50.4 Report [10]
2   Rally Islas Canarias   Yoann Bonato   Benjamin Boulloud   Yoann Bonato 1:57:18.8 Report
3   Royal Rally of Scandinavia Report
4   Rally Estonia Report
5   Rally di Roma Capitale Report
6   Barum Czech Rally Zlín Report
7   Rali Ceredigion Report
8   Rally Silesia Report

Scoring system edit

Points for final position are awarded as in the following table in ERC, ERC3 and ERC4. In ERC, ERC3 and ERC4, the best seven scores from the eight rounds count towards the final number of points. In Junior category, best five rounds of six count.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th 
Points 30 24 21 19 17 15 13 11 9 7 5 4 3 2 1

There are also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points are awarded only in the main ERC drivers' and co-drivers' championships.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th 
Points 5 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championships edit

ERC edit

Pos Driver HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
ITA
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points Best 7
1   Mathieu Franceschi 21 23 56 56
2   Hayden Paddon 4 65 35 35
3   Simone Tempestini 13 33 33
4   Yoann Bonato 14 32 32
5   Alejandro Cachón 31 26 26
6   Miklós Csomós 32 Ret 25 25
7   Jon Armstrong 85 7 25 25
8   Diego Ruiloba 42 23 23
9   Erik Cais 5 14 19 19
10   José Antonio Suárez 5 17 17
11   Simon Wagner 9 10 16 16
12   Mikołaj Marczyk 6 19 15 15
13   Andrea Mabellini 74 17 15 15
14   Mads Østberg DNS 8 11 11
15   Yeray Lemes 9 9 9
16   Filip Mareš 10 15 8 8
17   Efrén Llarena Ret 11 5 5
18   Vladas Jurkevičius 11 5 5
19   Frigyes Turán 12 4 4
20   Enrique Cruz 12 4 4
21   Martin László 13 Ret 3 3
22   Alexey Lukyanuk 13 3 3
23   Giacomo Costenaro 14 Ret 2 2
24   Kristóf Klausz 15 1 1
Sources:[11]
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Black Excluded (EX)
Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Cancelled (C)
Blank Withdrew entry from
the event (WD)

Notes:
1 2 3 4 5 – Power Stage position

ERC3 edit

Pos Driver HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
ITA
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points Best 7
1   Igor Widłak 2 1 54 54
2   Kerem Kazaz 4 2 43 43
3   Filip Kohn 1 30 30
4   Martin Ravenščak 3 21 21
Sources:[12]

ERC4 edit

Pos Driver HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
ITA
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points Best 7
1   Max McRae 1 4 49 49
2   Mille Johansson 4 1 49 49
3   Aoife Raftery 5 9 26 26
4   Calle Carlberg Ret 2 24 24
5   Márton Bertalan 2 24 24
6   Daniel Polášek 10 5 24 24
7   Liam Müller 9 6 24 24
8   Timo Schulz Ret 3 21 21
9   Jaspar Vaher 3 21 21
10   Jack Brennan 6 Ret 15 15
11   Davide Pesavento 7 Ret 13 13
12   Karl-Markus Sei Ret 7 13 13
13   Patrik Herczig Ret 8 11 11
14   Alfred Kramer 8 11 11
15   Mattia Zanin Ret 10 7 7
16   Geronimo Nerobutto 11 Ret 5 5
Sources:[13]

Junior ERC edit

Pos Driver HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points Best 5
1   Mille Johansson 3 1 51 51
2   Max McRae 1 4 49 49
3   Aoife Raftery 4 9 28 28
4   Liam Müller 8 6 26 26
5   Daniel Polášek 9 5 26 26
6   Calle Carlberg Ret 2 24 24
7   Jaspar Vaher 2 24 24
8   Timo Schulz Ret 3 21 21
9   Jack Brennan 5 Ret 17 17
10   Davide Pesavento 6 Ret 15 15
11   Karl-Markus Sei Ret 7 13 13
12   Alfred Kramer 7 13 13
13   Patrik Herczig Ret 8 11 11
14   Mattia Zanin Ret 10 7 7
15   Geronimo Nerobutto 10 Ret 7 7
Sources:[14]

Co-Drivers' championships edit

ERC edit

Pos Driver HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
ITA
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points Best 7
1   Andy Malfoy 21 23 56 56
2   John Kennard 4 65 35 35
3   Sergiu Itu 13 33 33
4   Benjamin Boulloud 14 32 32
5   Borja Rozada 31 26 26
6   Attila Nagy 32 Ret 25 25
7   Eoin Tracy 85 7 25 25
8   Ángel Vela 42 23 23
9   Igor Bacigál 5 14 19 19
10   Alberto Iglesias 5 17 17
11   Gerald Winter 9 10 16 16
12   Szymon Gospodarczyk 6 19 15 15
13   Virginia Lenzi 74 17 15 15
14   Patrik Barth DNS 8 11 11
15   Rogelio Peñate 9 9 9
16   Radovan Bucha 10 15 8 8
17   Sara Fernández Ret 11 5 5
18   Aisvydas Paliukėnas 11 5 5
19   Gábor Zsiros 12 4 4
20   Yeray Mújica 12 4 4
21   Viktor Bán 13 Ret 3 3
22   Yuriy Kulikov 13 3 3
23   Justin Bardini 14 Ret 2 2
24   Tamás Papp 15 1 1
Sources:[15]

ERC3 edit

Pos Driver HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
ITA
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points Best 7
1   Tom Woodburn 1 30 30
2   Daniel Dymurski 1 30 30
3   Michał Marczewski 2 24 24
4   Hugo Magalhães 2 24 24
5   Dora Ravenščak 3 21 21
6   Andris Mālnieks 4 19 19
Sources:[16]

ERC4 edit

Pos Driver HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
ITA
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points Best 7
1   Cameron Fair 1 4 49 49
2   Johan Grönvall 4 1 49 49
3   Hannah McKillop 5 9 26 26
4   Jørgen Eriksen Ret 2 24 24
5   Róbert Paizs 2 24 24
6   Zdeněk Omelka 10 5 24 24
7   Alexander Hirsch 9 6 24 24
8   Michael Wenzel Ret 3 21 21
9   Sander Pruul 3 21 21
10   John McGrath 6 Ret 15 15
11   Matteo Zaramella 7 Ret 13 13
12   Martin Leotoots Ret 7 13 13
13   Kristóf Varga Ret 8 11 11
14   Jeannette Kvick 8 11 11
15   Elia De Guio Ret 10 7 7
16   Alessio Angeli 11 Ret 5 5
Sources:[17]

Teams' championship edit

Pos Team HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
ITA
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points
1   BRC Racing Team 1 4 49
2   Team MRF Tyres 3 7 39
Ret 11
3   Eurosol Racing Team Hungary 4 6 34
4   ACCR Orsák Rally Sport 2 9 33
5   Toyota España 1 30
6   Citroën Rally Team 2 24
7   ACCR Toyota Dolák 5 10 24
8   Recalvi Team 3 21
Ret
9   TRT Rally Team 12 5 21
DNS 17
10   Eldorado x Humbility Sports 6 15
11   Turán Motorsport SE 7 13
12   Topp-Cars Rally Team 8 Ret 11
13   C.D. Copi Sport 8 11
14   Klaus Motorsport 9 9
15   Kole Média Center Kft. 10 7
16   Grupa PGS RT 11 17 5
17   Hyundai Motor España 12 4
18   M-Sport Poland 13 3
19   Hyundai Motor España -AresRacing- 13 3
20   IK Sport Racing 15 14 3
21   Atölye Kazaz 14 20 2
22   ADAC Opel Rallye Junior Team Ret 15 1
Ret 16
Sources:[18]

Tyre suppliers' championship edit

Pos Tyre supplier HUN
 
CAN
 
SWE
 
EST
 
ITA
 
CZE
 
GBR
 
POL
 
Points
1   Michelin 1 1 108
2 2
2   Pirelli 3 3 80
4 4
3   MRF 5 5 58
8 7
4   Hankook 6 6 43
7
Sources:[19]

References edit

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  2. ^ a b "Mission of discovery as rotational Junior ERC schedule unveiled". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  3. ^ Evans, David (19 December 2023). "M-Sport Poland launches all-new ERC one-make series". DirtFish. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Itinerary Rally Hungary 2024". Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  5. ^ "Itinerary Rally Islas Canarias 2024". Retrieved 2024-04-04.
  6. ^ "Itinerary BAUHAUS Royal Rally of Scandinavia 2024". Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Season 2024 Rally". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
  8. ^ a b c "Entry list Rally Hungary 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Entry list Rally Islas Canarias 2024". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Rally Hungary 2024 final results". ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  11. ^ "ERC Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  12. ^ "ERC3 Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  13. ^ "ERC4 Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Junior ERC Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  15. ^ "ERC Co-driver Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  16. ^ "ERC3 Co-driver Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  17. ^ "ERC4 Co-driver Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  18. ^ "ERC Team Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
  19. ^ "ERC Tyre Supplier Standings". fiaerc.com. Retrieved 2 May 2024.

External links edit